Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC
United States Supreme Court
565 U.S. 368 (2012)
- Written by Heather Whittemore, JD
Facts
Marcus D. Mims (plaintiff) received calls from Arrow Financial Services, LLC (Arrow) (defendant), a debt-collection agency. Mims filed a lawsuit in federal district court against Arrow, alleging that Arrow’s telephone calls violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (the act). The act authorized states to bring lawsuits enjoining violators from engaging in prohibited actions and allowed private parties to bring lawsuits for damages against violators. The act provided that private parties bringing lawsuits under the act could bring their claims in an appropriate state court. Arrow moved to dismiss Mims’s case, arguing that the federal district court did not have jurisdiction over the case because state courts had exclusive jurisdiction over cases brought by private parties under the act. The district court dismissed the case, and the court of appeals affirmed the district court. Mims appealed, arguing that the federal district court had federal-question jurisdiction over the case because the cause of action arose under federal law.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Ginsburg, J.)
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